n. [ OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn. ]
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges of damages. [ 1913 Webster ]
Consequential damage.
Exemplary damages (Law),
Nominal damages (Law),
vindictive damages
punitive damages
v. t.
He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value;
a. [ Cf. OF. damageable, F. dommageable for sense 2. ]
That it be not damageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
[ OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible. ] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong.